OCI: Yum/DNF Command Failed With Error "Curl error (6): Couldn't resolve host name for https://yum..

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“yum” command fails as it cannot resolve the URL contained in the “repo” file

$  yum update 
Oracle Linux 8 BaseOS Latest (x86_64)                                                                           

0.0  B/s |   0  B     00:00 Errors during downloading metadata for repository 'ol8_baseos_latest':  - Curl error (6): Couldn't resolve host name for 

https://yum.us-ashburn-1.oci.oraclecloud.com/repo/OracleLinux/OL8/baseos/latest/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml

[Could not resolve host: yum.us-ashburn-1.oci.oraclecloud.com] Error: Failed to download metadata for repo 'ol8_baseos_latest': Cannot 

download repomd.xml: Cannot download repodata/repomd.xml: All mirrors were tried 

Further test and verification done below: